When MIT hit the ice for their first preseason practice in early November, coach Stewart had more than 40 candidates to pick from.
Sure enough, the Crimson controlled the game from start to finish, handing the Engineers a rather embarrassing 0–9 defeat.
[2] Tech had nearly another month before their next game and, though they had the winter break in between, coach Stewart tried to address some of the problems that had been pointed out in the loss.
[4] While the team felt the absence of Duplin in the match, its doubtful that a full-strength MIT would have fared much better against the Elis.
With only terrible results on their resume, the team packed it in for the remainder of January and didn't have another game scheduled until after the exam break.